Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-01
KANSAS WONEN.
They ars Preparing to Vote Il, the april
Election.

/ They ar5 Preparing to sOIe q, the april
Election.
| Kansas women seem 10 be availing
I themselves of the new law that permits
I them 10 vote IN municipal elections. TIE
/ press teens with reports Of the leading
women 81 the cities registering preparE-
| tory 10 the vote April ). The women Of
| LeaVeuwOrLh met en- masse the other day
| and adopted the following resolutions:
Whereas, the passage IF the municipal
suffrage bill by our Legislature has placed
the baII0! IN our hands; therefore,
Resolved, that We enter upon The exer-
else Of the right Of suffrage with deep
sense Of the duties and Responsibilities
involved.
Resolved, that we rest upon the eter,
nal principles Of justice ana right, real
ling that uuless we work in harmony
with the divine law we can accomplish
no lasting good.
Resolved, that we notice with pleasure
the efforts of the industrial classes of
this city to establish for themselves; and
that we favor measures tending 10 en-
courage this class CT our population TO
become permanent law-abIding citizens.
Resolved, that we enter upon this work
with malice toward none, praying only
that all selhsh interests be laid aside, and
that Gil nay work together to make cur
city truly worthy Of the patriotic GevO-
ton Of her Inhabitants
Resolved, that We will support for Of
fee those who have proved themselves
true to the interests OF the community.
That we fully iudOrse the efforts of the
Law and Order League to enforce the
laws Of the state.
On motion, q resolution was adopted
indOrsIng the metropolitan police till.
A Committee wss appointed to await up
on the City Council, aud request that suit
able places Tor holding elections be pro-
vded
In Topeka ladies have been put on the
Registration Board 20 assist In the 8ddi-
tiunal work. TWtnty-siX ladies register
ed il one day and thTty-six the next,
about 100 having registered this early. A
most touching scene was that when the
ladies of Lincoln Post, thirty wives,
mothers, sisters and daughters of the
Union soldiers Of the rebel lion, went in a
body and registered. They were headed
b. MO'her Ashbaugh, seYenty-one years
of age, aud for forty years a suffragist.
TOpeka women also held a meeting and
adopted strong resolutions, among which
hdS Tie IOlLOHluP.
Resolved, That we enter upon the eX-
ercise of the right Of suffrage with a deep
sense OF the duties and responsibilities
involved, hoping that each woman may
make il en- individual matter to induce
others Of her sex to look upon suffrage In
its proper light.
The Anthony Republican says that
women are registering earlier and in
greater numbers than the male popula-
ton.
At Baldwin City, the seat of Baker
University, mass meeting Of over 1000
persons met to celebrate the passage Of
the bill. Speeches were maze by the
professors of the college, ministers,
Editor Scott, and several ladies. There
is no end to the meetings for rejoicing
over the state.
Kansas should appreciate the immense
amount of advertising she IS getting on
account OF this step.
The Peabody Gazette says the passage
of the municipal suffrage bill will help
our bOOms, as it will attract the atten-
ton of women all over the country, who
will flock to free Kansas. OF course the
men will follow.
Girard Press: The ladies of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union of
Parsons have organized for campaign
work, and have appointed committees In
each ward to see that all women are reg
istered for the spring election. The old
politicians are considering what effect the
vote will have in city affairs.